Michael Kratsios, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Michael Kratsios, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: Planes pass as the sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. House members sent a $1 trillion defense package and several other Republican-backed bills through the Capitol to the Senate in preparation for summer recess. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. House members sent a $1 trillion defense package and several other Republican-backed bills through the Capitol to the Senate in preparation for summer recess. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)